A major challenge for advancing our understanding of the functional role of soil microbial
communities is to link changes in their structure and function under climate change. To …

Soil is increasingly under environmental pressures that alter its capacity to fulfil essential
ecosystem services. To maintain these crucial soil functions, it is important to know how soil …

Climate models project that precipitation patterns will likely intensify in the future, resulting in
increased duration of droughts and increased frequency of large soil rewetting events, which …

Climate change will alter precipitation patterns with consequences for soil C cycling. An
understanding of how fluctuating soil moisture affects microbial processes is therefore …

Most of the Earth's biosphere is characterized by low temperatures (< 5° C) and cold-
adapted microorganisms are widespread. These psychrophiles have evolved a complex …

Climate models predict warmer winter in temperate regions, but little is known about the
temperature sensitivity of soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) mineralization at low …

The continuing warming of the climate system is reducing snow cover depth and duration
worldwide. Changes in snow cover can significantly affect the soil microclimate and the …

Predicting the resilience of biodiversity-driven functions in agroecosystems to drivers of
environmental change (EC) is of critical importance to ensure long-term and environmentally …

Ongoing climate change involves increasing snow scarcity, which results in more frequent
freeze-thaw cycles (FTCs) in polar and alpine soils. Although repeated FTCs have been …

Previous surveys of very dry Atacama Desert mineral soils have consistently revealed
sparse communities of non-photosynthetic microbes. The functional nature of these …